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1980s Films

Cultural Impact Cult Classics The Goonies Beetlejuice Ferris Bueller's Day Off Gremlins Back to the Future Die Hard Spaceballs Action Films Romancing the Stone Top Gun St. Elmo's Fire The Breakfast Club E.T. Labyrinth Masters of the Universe The Outsiders Highlander (1986) John Hughes Films Predator The Terminator Canuxploitation The Running Man John Hughes Pretty in Pink Stand By Me Teen Comedies Steel Magnolias He-Man Supergirl Stand by Me Miami Vice Escape from New York Romantic Comedies Popeye The Karate Kid Cocktail Tim Burton Films The Wild Life Valley Girl Cruising Police Academy (1984) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Supergirl (1984) When Harry Met Sally E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial The Last Starfighter Brat Pack Films Fatal Attraction Classic Thrillers Top Secret! The War of the Roses E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial Cultural Representation Rain Man Lethal Weapon Aliens Risky Business No Man's Land Twins Lean on Me Cultural Significance Zurück in die Zukunft Naked Gun Influence Conan the Barbarian Martin Scorsese Mel Brooks Octopussy Heathers The Naked Gun Franchise Sci-Fi Comedies The Naked Gun Series Batman (1989) Kurt Russell Toxic Avenger Franchise The Toxic Avenger (1984) The Last Dragon Grizzly II: The Predator James Cameron Road House Arnold Schwarzenegger Who Framed Roger Rabbit Joe Dante Teen Wolf Nostalgia The Running Man (1987) Gremlins Franchise Stephen King Adaptations Paul Glaser Return to Oz 1990s Films Baby Boom Bruce Willis Jean-Claude Van Damme Christmas Films Cannon Films He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Michael Douglas Confirms Decades‑Long Secret Romance With Kathleen Turner

He says the pair lied for years to protect his then‑wife and son, with an excerpt published days before the memoir’s Oct. 6 release.

Restored 4K ‘9 to 5’ Returns to Theaters With D23 Preview at El Capitan

Zack Snyder Will Set Escape From New York in a 1981‑Seen 1997 and Teases Casting Push from Jeffrey Dean Morgan

John Leguizamo Reportedly Cast as Villain in Miami Vice ’85

Most of the Young Guns Cast Reunites at Fan Expo Dallas

Judd Nelson Spotted Riding Motorcycle in Rare West Hollywood Outing

Optimus Prime: Awakening Will Feature Peter Cullen’s Final Optimus Prime Performance

U.S. Chains Re-Release Two Dolly Parton Films as Limited Theater Tributes

Christopher McDonald Says He Was Devastated When Geena Davis Left Their Engagement for Jeff Goldblum

Stand By Me at 40: How a Stephen King Adaptation Became the Coming‑of‑Age Model

Alden Ehrenreich Joins Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler in Universal’s Miami Vice ’85

Anthony Michael Hall Says John Hughes Raised Idea of a Breakfast Club Sequel

The Big Chill Staged Reading Set for One Night at Guild Hall

Aliens Turns 40: How James Cameron Rewrote the Sequel Playbook

Michelle Pfeiffer Recalls 'Humiliating' Grease 2 Audition That Became Her Breakout

Mia Sara Says Making Ferris Bueller Was Not a Good Experience

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Marks 40 Years as New Book, Tours and Cast Reunion Renew Interest

Zack Snyder to Reimagine Escape From New York

David Harbour Boards 'John Rambo' as Major Trautman

‘Stand by Me’ Reunion Marks 40 Years as Corey Feldman Decries Oscars Tribute Snub